WhyBike Motorcycle Blog

It seems some neighbors of Robert Barnes, while leading a group of dirtbikers on private land, thought it would be a good idea to sabatoge a dirt road in the South Bay Area with rebar and rope, intended to decapitate motorcyclists legally using the road. At this point it is unclear whether the cause of the terrorist’s actions were because of a previous dispute over Loma Chiquita Road or noise or leaving his trash can out overnight. His attackers threatened him just moments before the incident saying, “We are going to lynch you".

At least these cowards who were hiding behind bushes were caught, although two were released today. I will be watching this case very closely and if anyone would like to contact the Santa Clara Sheriff’s department or the District Attorney here is their contact info:

Robert Barnes sat in his Los Gatos hills home Wednesday, his face grooved with gashes, his mouth reconstructed with titanium plates, and wondered: Why would anyone set a booby trap across a road used by motorcyclists?

Barnes suspects he hit a length of rebar or something similar that his neighbors had secured at both ends across the roadway, and only after he had struck that did they pull up a rope for the second rider.

Barnes’ wife, Wendy Barnes, 41, credited the helmet with saving her husband’s life.